snowpack

Monsoon storms have improved short-term moisture in southwest Colorado, but McPhee Reservoir remains low and irrigators face major shortages heading into fall.

Drought grips the Four Corners as reservoir levels fall, farmland values rise and rural communities confront new demands on limited water supplies.

Monsoon storms have improved surface moisture in southwest Colorado, but low streamflows, dry deeper soils and weak snowpack impacts remain.

One of Colorado's most productive peach farmers is preparing for the possibility that irrigation water may be turned off before the harvest is finished.

Today’s Outdoor Report tracks changing spring conditions across the Four Corners, with scattered storms, gusty winds, and a stronger system bringing mountain snow and possible travel impacts midweek.

Warm, breezy weather continues across the Four Corners with highs well above normal. Snowpack remains low at about 54% of median.

A little more than an inch of precipitation fell on Cortez in February. And about three dozen people convened in Cortez’s Veterans Park on Sunday for what was called an Angry Knit-In.

Warm temperatures up to 20 degrees above normal and low snowpack could raise fire weather concerns across the Four Corners this week.

Colorado's state climatologist said long-range forecasts are also not signaling a 'Miracle March.'

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has begun selling 2026–2027 fishing licenses and is inviting anglers to a public meeting in Granby as regional snowpack sits well below average.